Improvement in cabinet-organs



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improvement in Cabinet Organs.

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Improvement in Cabinet Organs;

N0. 1155671.A Patentedjune 6,18'71.

UNITED STATES GEORGE WOODS, OF GAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPRVEMENT IN CABINETQORGANSV.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,671, dated June 6,1871.

To all whom Ait may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE WooDs, of Oam bridgeport, in the county ofMiddlesex and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement inCabinet-Organs; and I do hereby decla-re that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

My invention consists in improving cabinetorgans, as hereinafterdescribed and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a front, and Fig. 2 a cross-sectional view of an organ withmy improvements.

A B C represent the case; D, the soundingboard; E, the projecting partof the frame, F, the legs thereunder; I, the music-rack; J, the trussesofthe legs; II, avacant space; L, the cloth-screen; M, the lamp-slides,N, the slide-plates, and O,afasteningscrew. Instead of employing thefretted curtains on a separate perpendicular rack or frame behind themusicrack or desk l, for screening the vacant space K, as heretoforeused, which makes it necessary to employ a separate music-desk, Ipropose to make a long rack extending from end to end of the case andapply the clothscreen L to the back of it, as shown, and inelining itbackward suitably for supporting the music, thereby combining the two inone device in a more compact, simple, and permanent arrangement, inwhich the screen is supported wholly by Jthe music-rack, so that onlyone is used. M represents the lamp-stands or slides, which I propose toarrange so as to slide toward and from the front for shifting the light,as may be required. These slides are confined to the plate N by screws Opassing through slots in it, so that they may be moved back and forth asmay be required 5 but any other suitable ar` rangement may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The music-rack I and cloth-screen L, constructedtogether in one device, and arranged substantially as specified.

2. The arrangement of slides M, plate N, and screws O in acabinet-organ, as described, to allow of said slides being drawn outsingly, in the manner described.

GEORGE YVO'ODS.

Witnesses FRANK E. CARTER, HENRY l?. WooDwAnD.

